By Associated PressSAN DIEGO (AP) - Another Camp Pendleton Marine charged with kidnapping and murdering an Iraqi man in the town of Hamdania has agreed to plead guilty to lesser charges, his attorney said Monday.
The deal means four of the eight men in the case have now negotiated plea bargains.
Steve Immel, attorney for Lance Cpl. Jerry E. Shumate Jr., said his client would plead guilty to new charges of aggravated assault and conspiracy to obstruct justice. All original charges, including murder, kidnapping, conspiracy, larceny, assault and housebreaking, would be dismissed.
Shumate, 21, of Matlock, Wash., is the third Marine to make a plea deal in the case, in which the squad was alleged to have tried to cover up the kidnap and murder. The Navy corpsman on patrol with the squad has also pleaded guilty to lesser charges.
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